Had a great time in the studio doing six(6) head shots with a fun group of talented people: Dominique, Esau, Rose, Eli, Damon and Sarah. Being we normally have a single subject and more time, we had to settle on a single lighting setup where we only varied lighting ratios depending on the subject. Below is a lighting diagram.

Here are a few of the shots.

Hi all, I went to South Korea for a week to attend a
family wedding. I didn't have much time outside the formal festivities but I
was able to escape with the Leica Monochrome for a little street shooting. Had a blast! Oh yeah, the wedding was absolutely
great.

We are planning to engage a comprehensive
photographic, multimedia, and publishing project to document and
illuminate the diverse communities of Stockton, California and the many
people who call it home.

With their help – indeed with your
help – we hope to tell the story of Stockton from a decidedly local
perspective – through its citizens and in their own words. This, because
there is a strong and important role
for both a spoken and written narrative if we are to create something
that is as inclusive and as honest as we are capable of doing.

We expect this will take at least a year to do– probably longer. And
once done, what emerges may include many elements, and exhibit, or book,
or both, for example – as well as other works.

We invite and encourage you to follow our progress here.
And if you are willing, we also invite you to suggest individuals and
groups – anyone, really, that you believe we should seek out in the
larger community of Stockton and have a conversation with.

You can message us here and tell us whom you think we should contact, including yourself.

Or message us her with any other suggestions you might have – place we
should see, things we should read; anything at all that you believe will
help us do this well.

And should you choose to follow us and
this project and for any reason believe we may be drifting in some
unproductive way or wrong direction, then tell us that as well – we are
asking for and are grateful for your guidance and support.

Below you will find the email we send July 31, 2012 to Paula Sheil at
Delta Collage after reading her OpEd piece about Stockton that appeared
in the New York Times on Monday of prior week. It provides some insight
why we are motivated to do this project.